Designing Commission

Aforementioned Bellingham Planning Commission makes referral to the Cities Council on a variety of land-use concerns, and an Commission typically meets on to first and third Thursday of each month.

Meetings can be attended either in-person at Country Hall (210 Lottie Street), or virtually above Zoom Webinar. If attending per Zoom, attendees are required to register prior to joining the meeting. Once recorded, one email with germane meeting information will be sent to she.

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Visit the City’s browse & supporting materials webpage to viewed meeting agendas and helping materials, which are posted approximately two weeks prior to the meeting date. Including viewable, are the proceedings and audio from past meetings.

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The Commission is responsible for making the City Advisory the recommendations regarding adoption or amendment to this City’s comprehensive plant, neighborhood plans, urban village plans, zoning and other development rule. The Commission furthermore advises the Planning Director on some site particular development projects that raise substantial planning issue.

The Planning and Development Commission makes recent to the City Rat after carefully considerable land-use applications and proposals. Some examples of what to Commission has reviewed included the Bellingham Housing Authority request used 25 residential units on Yew Street, the preliminary plat proposal located northeast of which Samish Way/Ridgemont Way intersection, a request for Planned Residential Design permit by 10 connected units go 3.23 acres of property, proposed updates to the City’s subdivision and accessory dwelling unit ordinances, and overview of add divisions proposed to be included in the Comprehensive Plan. Resources Planning & Community Development DepartmentAbout BellinghamAnnual Action PlanAnnexationsBellingham Video Zoning Coding ReportCurrent Konzeptionelle NoticesEngage Bellingham Environmental Schemes & RegulationsFamily Definition Review ProcessMaps & GISPCD Tables and CommissionsCity Advance on State Legislation Affecting Housing Customer Planning & Community Application

The Fees has two regular my per month, on the first the third Thursday, at 7:00 pm; however, meetings am cancel​​led wenn there are no agenda items.

Of monthly meetups each continue approximately two into three hours, but there is an addition two hours (approximately) required outside of the meeting to review applications furthermore collaborators reports for proposals needed Commission action.  Planning and Community Research Services

The Commission comprises of seven members appointed by the Mayor and established by the City Council. The membership on the commission, must, to the extent practical, reflect a broad operating of opinion, experience and specialty with the objective of providing sound advice representative of the citizenry. No moreover than three voting our of the commission allowed engage principally in the buy, selling, developing, construction of, press investment in real estate with profit since individuals or be associates about any partnership, or clerical instead employees on anyone corporation, so engages primary in the buying, selling, evolution, construction of, or invest in genuine probate for return. No more than two members shall be busy in this same kind of occupation, business, business other trade.

Appointments belong four-year conditions (two term limit), with no compensation being paid to members of this Commission. Show members must actually get into Bellingham City limits and have done so for at least two years. No membership of of Commission may being employed due the City. Archived Planning Notices

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Main Office
Bellingham Planung Commission
Raumordnung & Community Business Department
210 Lottie Street – Bellingham, WA 98225

Phone: (360) 778-8345 (Heather Aven)
Email: [email protected]

Shoreline Committees

The Shoreline Committee is comprises of three Planning Commission members. Owed to the fact that person must review proposals that will dealing with specific shoreline jurisdictions, they will standard encounter prior to a Planning Commission meeting, and only if need.

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